Components

Destinations 1-3

Student Edition:

• five or six full-colour themes per level
• authentic and realistic material creates a culturally rich environment for student learning
• continuous development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills

Workbook:

• listening, reading, and writing activities
• a variety of exercises for students at all levels
• available in Blackline Masters

Teacher's Resource Binder:

• Teacher's Manual with methodology
• Master's Package of supplementary activities, tests, evaluation philosophy and record charts (Destinations 3 only)
• gameboards and activity cards (Destinations 1 only)

Cassettes:

• strong auditory support and reinforcement for the Student Edition and the workbook. Cassettes include original songs composed for each theme

Transparencies:

• full-colour transparencies of selected pages from the Student Edition

La grammaire à ta portée :

• reproducible Blackline Masters contain simple explanations of the language concepts introduced in Destinations 2 and 3 with accompanying practice activities and Answer Keys.

Allons-y! :

• a bridging unit created to accompany Destinations 1, designed specifically for students who have had little or no French

Flashcards:

• 100 Flashcards
• line drawings of the key vocabulary presented in each unit
• Destinations 1 only

Learning Centre Package:

• supplementary package introduces learning centres in secondary FSL classes
• optional activities designed to meet the challenges of the multi-level classroom
• instructions and reproducible masters for students to use at each centre
• one cassette of listening activities
• tapescripts for the listening activities
• Destinations 3 only

Lexique:

• English/French and French/English dictionary of vocabulary
• Destinations 3 only

Destinations 4-5

Student Edition:

• additional material to reflect a more advanced learning level
• improvisational dialogues
• authentic and realistic high-school readings
• materials that explore Francophone culture throughout the world

Workbook:

• allows students the opportunity to manipulate principal ideas introduced in the Student Edition
• oral comprehension and written activities correspond to the units in the Student Edition
• available in Blackline Masters

Teacher's Resource Binder:

• Teacher's Manual
  • program philosophy
  • lesson breakdowns for both 40- and 75-minute classes
  • cross-reference of Student Edition, Workbook, and Teacher's Manual pages
  • a bibliography of professional references for teachers
  • specific cultural information relating to relevant pages in the Student Edition and Workbook
  • tapescripts for Workbook listening comprehension exercises
  • teacher presentations of specific language concepts
  • complete methodology of all Student Edition
  • Answer Key
  • specific methodology, suggestions, and strategies particular to certain Workbook pages
• Evaluation Package
  • evaluation philosophy
  • record charts

Cassette Package:

• auditory reinforcement for activities in the Student Edition and Workbook

Testing Package:

• tests to accompany each unit of the program
• combines listening, and controlled and open-ended writing activities
• includes a sight reading passage accompanied by general comprehension questions to evaluate students' global understanding
• includes a cassette for the listening activities
• teacher's notes include tapescripts, marking scheme suggestions and answer keys

Transparencies:

• selected pages from the Destinations program are reproduced as coloured transparencies for classroom use

Lexique:

• English/French and French/English dictionary of vocabulary
• Destinations 4 only

Nouveaux horizons

Anthology:

• eight units, each one covering a theme
• 65 selections chosen from the world of Francophone literature
• glossary of chosen vocabulary
• vivid single-page unit opener with a literary quote to introduce the unit and generate initial discussion on the theme
• a selection of authentic reading passages depicting la francophonie mondiale ranging from classical to modern pieces and including traditional literary works
• a range of pre-reading questions or activities for each reading selection and pre-reading information where necessary
• a series of compréhension, application and expansion questions and activities to accompany each reading passage designed for independent, pair or group assignments
• allows teachers to customize the program for their classes by choosing particular themes
• allows teachers to choose the selections within the themes that will best meet their needs and those of their students
• reading passages not chosen may be assigned as supplementary reading, independent presentations or book reports

Workbook:

• eight exciting and innovative units, each one covering a theme
• a référence grammaticale section reviewing the essential language elements previously taught in earlier grades
• verb charts
• index of language concepts
• an initial activity to introduce the theme of the unit
• used to reinforce the unit's language concepts within the theme's framework
• designed to compliment the Anthology, but may be used independently
• On écoute : activities reflecting a range of language skills and reinforcing the unit's language concepts
• Du nouveau! : passages to reinforce the theme of the unit
• a variety of written activities reinforcing the theme of the unit, language elements and appropriate skills, and designed for independent, pair or group assignments
• Info-grammes and Observations grammaticales : explain the language concepts developed over the course of the unit and reinforced with appropriate Exercices de renforcement
• a final Mini-projet or group activity to synthesize the unit

Teacher's Resource Binder:

• provides a wealth of information and suggestions to use in the classroom
• allows teachers to customize lessons to meet the needs of their students
• contains:
  • an overview of the philosophy of the program
  • an Anthology Teacher's Manual (available separately, described below)
  • a Workbook Teacher's Manual
  • a Workbook Answer Key
  • an overview of the evaluation philosophy and record charts for use with the program

Anthology Teacher's Manual:

• notes on each selection including author bios, cultural notes and résumés of excerpts
• teaching suggestions for individual reading passages
• suggestions for research projects and end-of-unit projects
• cross-reference chart with the Workbook
• a bibliography of relevant support material

Workbook Teacher's Manual:

• cultural notes and author bios on Du nouveau! sections
• teaching and expansion suggestions for specific activities
• tapescripts for the On écoute activities
• teacher presentations of specific language concepts
• cross-reference chart with the Anthology

Cassette Package:

• designed to accompany the Workbook
• four cassettes of listening comprehension activities found in the Workbook

Testing Package:

• a series of tests to accompany the eight units
• each unit contains one major test combining several listening, controlled, and open-ended activities
• contains sight reading passages accompanied by general comprehension questions to evaluate students' global comprehension
• includes a cassette for auditory comprehension
• teacher's notes include tapescripts, marking scheme suggestions and answer keys